Diaper supporter



Sept. 8, 1931. HENDRlX 1,822,524

DIAPER SUPPORTER Filed April 16, 1931 INVENTOR. L ER Y HENDRIX A TTORNE Y.

Patented Sept. 8, 1931 UNITED STATES LEROY HENDRIX, OF MADEIRA, OHIO DIAPER SUPPORTER Application filed April 16,

The invention relates to supporters, particularly adapted for use in supporting childrens diapers.

The objects of the invention are to pro vide simple, efiicient and practical means adapted for use in supporting childrens diapers; and to provide means whereby the fastener cannot ordinarily be removed from the diaper supporter; and to provide means whereby the fastener is unlikely to tear the supporter.

The invention consists in the combination of the elements, arrangement of the parts and in the details of the construction, as

hereinafter claimed.

In the drawings:

Fig. 1 is a rear elevation of my improved diaper supporter in applied position on a child; and

so Fig. 2 is a plan view of the supporter removed and in extended position.

In the preferred construction of the invention I provide the shoulder support 1 comprising the parallel extended straps 2 :5 and 3, respectively, having their ends 4: and 4: and 5 and 5' in alignment. The straps 2 and 3 are formed from non-elastic material and the edges of the ends 4 and 5 are in engagement with the adjacent edges of the so ends 1' and 5, respectively.

The ends of the shoulder support 1 are suitably secured, as by stitching, to the inner ends 6 and 6 of the elastic or resilient members 7 and 7 The outer ends 8 and 8, respectively, of the members 7 and 7 are suitably secured, as by stitching, to the inner ends 9 and 9', respectively, to the support pads 10 and 10'.

In each of the support pads are spaced m apart button-holes 11 and 11. To each of the supporting pads is secured a loop 12 having secured thereto the pin fastener 13, whereby the pin fastener is unlikely to be removed from the diaper supporter by a child when the supporter is in use, or at any other time.

The above description specifically refers to the invention, as shown in Fig. 2. Now, referring to Fig. 1, the shoulder straps 2 and 3, respectively, engage the shoulders 14: and

1931. Serial No. 530,569.

14 of the child 15. 'Thepinifasteners 13 are received through the holes 11 and 11 in the pads and also through the upper portions of the front and rear of the diaper 16 forthe purpose of supporting the diaper in the posi-. tion shown in Fig.

An. advantage of the, invention is that the holes 11 and 11 having their outer edges 17 reinforced by suitable material are unlikely tobetor'n as a result of theforce exerted by the pinfasteners when the same support the diaper 16. I

Another advantage of the invention is that the, elastic members 7 and 7 are adapted to extend automatically to prevent bind ing or excessive pressure of the straps 2 and 3 on the shoulders 14 of the child 15. Also, the resilient members 7 and 7 relieve the usual strain on the pads 10 and 10 when the child bends forwardly or rearwardly; Still'another advantage of the invention is that the pin fasteners 13, being secured to theloops 12, cannot be separated from the supporter 1 whether the same is in use ornot. Therefore, the usual objection to use of pin'fasteners in childrens garments is eliminated. -It is therefore quite apparent that I have invented ahighly desirable device for the purposes intended, which may be manufactured at economical cost, whereby the same may be sold in large quantities at small cost and atthe same time with satisfactory profitfor the manufacturer. I

Among other reasons why the diaper supportercan be manufactured quickly and at economical cost-is that both ends are of similar construction and either may be attached to the front or rear of the diaper. Moreover, the straps 2 and 3 being parallel, when the supporter is in extended position, are readily and conveniently assembled with the resilientmembers 7 and 7 it being notedthat the width of the members 7 and7 is the same as the combined width of the straps 2 and 3, as the straps 2 and 3 are assembled with their respective ends in aligned position and with their inner edges adjoining each other.

It will now be apparent that I have devised a novel and useful structure, which embodies the features of advantage enumerated, and While I have, in the present instance, shown and described preferred embodiments thereof, which will give in practice satisfactory and reliable results, it is to be understood that the same is susceptible of modification in various particulars. In other words, it is apparent that the parts of the invention may be of any size, and constructed of any materials deemed convenient and suitable for an article of this character, and while I have illustrated and described a form of construction and arrangement of the elements found desirable in niaterializing the invention, I wish to emphasize the fact that I desire to include in this application all equivalents and substitutes that may fairly be considered to come Within the scope and purview of the invention as defined in the claims.

W'hat I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is: i

1. A diaper supporter comprising a shoulder support including a pair of parallel nonelastic straps adapted to be spaced apart at their middle portions and engage the shoulders of a child, the respective ends of said strapsbeing in alignment and having their edges in engagement, resilient means, respeetively, having their inner ends secured to the ends of said shoulder support, the outer edges of said resilient means being in alignment with the outer edges of said shoulder support, pads having their inner ends respectively secured to the outer ends of said resilient means and having holes therein, loops secured to said pads respectively, pin fasteners secured to said loops, respectively, and adapted to be received through said holes and the front and rear portions of a diaper for supporting said diaper.

2. A diaper supporter comprising a shoulder support including a pair of parallel nonelastic straps adapted to be spaced apart at their middle portions and engage the shoulders of a child, the respective ends of said st *aps being in alignment and having their edges in engagement, resilient means, respectively, having their inner ends secured to the ends of said shoulder support, pads having their inner ends respectively secured to the outer ends of said resilient means and having holes therein, loops secured to said pads respectively, pin fasteners secured to said loops, respectively, and adapted-to be received tl'irough said holes and the front and 'rear portions of a diaper for supporting said diaper.

LEROY HENDRIX. 

